Table 2.
Cluster agreement to survey statement (mean + SD) on a 5-point scale (1= strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neither agree nor disagree, 4 = agree, and 5 = strongly agree) enhanced by a light (disagreement) to dark (agreement) greyscale gradient
| Survey question | Cluster1 | Cluster 2 | Cluster3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| When I see a sick pig I usually know what is wrong with it | 3.58 | 0.78 | 3.58 | 0.62 | 2.43 | 0.85 |
| When I see a sick pig I usually know if it will get better | 3.79 | 0.72 | 3.52 | 0.77 | 2.57 | 0.85 |
| I feel confident that I know when a pig needs to be euthanized | 4.42 | 0.50 | 4.39 | 0.56 | 3.21 | 1.05 |
| I don′t have enough knowledge and/or experience to diagnose what is wrong with sick pigs | 2.29 | 0.91 | 1.94 | 0.89 | 3.57 | 1.09 |
| I don’t have enough knowledge and/or experience to know if a pig needs to be euthanized | 2.08 | 0.88 | 1.58 | 0.56 | 3.07 | 0.92 |
| I don′t have enough knowledge and/or experience to know what to do with sick or compromised pigs | 1.83 | 0.76 | 1.55 | 0.57 | 3.14 | 0.95 |
| It is difficult to decide when a diseased pig should be euthanized | 2.13 | 0.85 | 1.97 | 0.66 | 3.14 | 0.77 |
| I tend to wait longer than I should before euthanizing a pig | 1.67 | 0.82 | 2.06 | 0.73 | 2.50 | 0.76 |
| I often disagree when a co-worker says a pig needs to be euthanized | 1.88 | 0.74 | 2.32 | 0.79 | 2.14 | 0.95 |
| I often feel that there are good reasons for not euthanizing a pig | 2.67 | 1.01 | 2.71 | 0.78 | 3.21 | 0.97 |
| I am less likely to euthanize a sow that is close to farrowing than other sows | 3.08 | 1.10 | 3.10 | 0.79 | 3.00 | 0.68 |
| I try to save all pigs | 4.42 | 0.65 | 3.65 | 1.25 | 3.86 | 1.17 |
| If I had the choice, I would prefer someone else to euthanize pigs rather than myself | 2.29 | 0.95 | 2.52 | 1.06 | 3.07 | 1.21 |
| I am more likely to euthanize a pig now than 5 years ago | 3.54 | 1.35 | 3.35 | 1.31 | 3.00 | 1.18 |
| I feel comfortable doing euthanasia | 4.08 | 1.06 | 4.48 | 0.72 | 2.71 | 1.20 |
| I dislike euthanizing pigs | 2.88 | 1.12 | 3.00 | 1.06 | 3.43 | 1.09 |
| I try not to think about the pig′s feelings when I euthanize it | 3.42 | 1.28 | 3.13 | 0.85 | 2.86 | 1.10 |
| I know that euthanasia is the right thing to do to stop suffering but I feel bad about doing it | 4.13 | 0.90 | 3.10 | 1.33 | 3.57 | 1.02 |
| Pigs are generally able to feel sadness | 3.79 | 0.88 | 3.32 | 0.65 | 3.57 | 0.65 |
| Pigs have feelings like people have feelings | 3.88 | 0.80 | 2.87 | 0.99 | 3.57 | 0.76 |
| I think of pigs as generally able to feel happiness | 4.17 | 0.64 | 3.45 | 0.62 | 3.29 | 0.73 |
| Seeing a neglected animal doesn′t affect me as much as it would affect some people | 2.13 | 1.23 | 2.45 | 1.18 | 2.50 | 0.94 |
| When I see pigs having fun I feel really happy | 4.38 | 0.58 | 3.74 | 0.73 | 3.71 | 0.73 |
| If I see a pig injure itself I know how it feels | 3.88 | 0.90 | 3.26 | 0.68 | 3.21 | 0.80 |
| I try to understand pigs by imagining how things look from their point of view | 4.13 | 0.74 | 3.23 | 0.88 | 2.86 | 1.10 |
| Imagining how a pig feels is something I do often | 3.92 | 0.78 | 2.77 | 0.80 | 2.71 | 0.73 |
| When I see an unhappy pig it upsets me more than it would upset most people | 3.75 | 0.94 | 2.65 | 0.75 | 2.79 | 0.80 |
| I am better at telling if a pig s happy than most other people | 3.33 | 0.76 | 2.90 | 0.79 | 2.64 | 0.74 |
| Seeing a contented pig makes me feel really good | 4.33 | 0.48 | 3.42 | 0.96 | 3.29 | 0.47 |
| Empathy attribution questions (compounded) | 3.96 | 0.97 | 3.14 | 0.86 | 3.03 | 0.83 |
| Empathy affect questions (compounded) | 3.81 | 0.80 | 3.19 | 0.74 | 3.32 | 0.77 |